Kogi State Chief Judge, Nasir Ajanah, has granted an interim order for Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to be transferred to the National Hospital, Abuja. While responding to Mike Ozekhome’s (counsel to Melaye) processes for motion seeking bail for the senator, Ajanah said the hearing for the bail conditions of the senator would hold on […]
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Four suicide bombers struck Mairanti, a village near Maiduguri in Nigeria’s Borno state on Thursday night. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported that the incident occurred around 10pm when most residents were indoors, but no casualties were recorded except the bombers. Bashir Garga, the northeast coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the […]
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The Nigeria Police Force said it had so far arrested more than 20 principal suspects in connection with the recent bank robbery in Offa, Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports that armed robbers had attacked five commercial banks in Offa on April 5, during which 17 persons, including policemen and a pregnant […]
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has said only N100 million was spent on the bid to recall Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Yakubu said this at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, debunking the allegation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the commission spent […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s “technical stopover” in the UK as a constitutional breach. Buhari left the US on Tuesday after meeting with President Donald Trump and some top businessmen. However, has has not been seen in Nigeria since then. Reacting to complaints over the president’s absence, Garba Shehu, senior […]
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The House of Representatives on Thursday says it has finally resolved to pass the 2018 Appropriation Bill next Tuesday. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, disclosed this in Abuja, while briefing journalists. He expressed regret at the inability of the National Assembly to pass the budget on time. […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has fired yet another shot at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying “the mediocre performance of Buhari cannot be described as by anybody as superlative even by morons”. Obasanjo said this while denying the reports that he has decided to endorse Buhari’s second term. The elder statesman said he has […]
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Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have […]
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Following the failure of Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP) to appear before the Senate after repeated summons, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki says he is not surprised. Last week when the IGP was first summoned, he informed the lawmakers that he accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Bauchi. He was re-summoned on Wednesday […]
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Team Nigeria made a quick recovery to their shock 1-3 loss to Slovakia with comprehensive win over Bulgaria and Australia to arrive in the knockout stage of the men’s second division of 2018 ITTF World Team Championships holding in Halmstad, Sweden. Unlike Nigeria, Egypt men and women teams are in race to be safe from […]
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